Specify the Tags for Data Collection

About this task

If your OPC server supports hierarchical organization of tags in a tree structure, you can use the hierarchy to browse for tags and add them to the collector for data collection.

Procedure

Access Historian Administrator.
Select Collectors, and then select the OPC Classic HDA collector instance to which you want to add tags.
Select Configuration.
The Configuration section appears.
Select Add Tags.
The Add Multiple Tags from Collector window appears.
In the Collector field, select the OPC Classic HDA collector to which you want to add tags.
A hierarchical tree of tags appears in the Browse Results section.
If you want to view only the tags for which data is not collected, in the Show Only field, select Source Tags Not Collected. You can search for a tag by entering search criteria in the Source Tag Name or Description field.
Navigate to the node in the tree that you want to browse, and then select Browse.
Tip:
- To browse automatically, select the Auto Browse check box. The available tags appear in the Browse Results window whenever a node is selected in the tree.
- To show all child elements within a hierarchy, select the Show All Children check box. All tags at or below the hierarchical level of the selected node in the tree appear in the Browse Results window.
The tags within the selected portion of the OPC Classic HDA server tag hierarchy appear.
Select the tags for which you want to collect data, and then select Add Selected Tags.
The tags are added to the collector. They appear in black text in the list of tags.